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| First
significant snowfall
of season blankets Penn State
December
5, 2002
The calendar may
say the start of winter is still more than two weeks away, but
people at Penn State's University Park campus awoke to a wonderland
of white this morning. Approximately 7-9 inches of snow are
forecast to fall on campus through Thursday, with some other
Penn State locations -- particularly in the southern and eastern
parts of the Commonwealth -- expecting nearly a foot of the
white stuff.
Although the early
season winter storm causes headaches for commuters and those
with sidewalks to shovel, it also creates some picturesque images
of winter splendor at University Park -- as well as the occasional
impromptu snowball fight.
Photos
were taken by Annemarie Mountz and Julie Brink. |
Mike Ripka, a member of the Office of Physical Plant landscape
crew, uses a Bobcat skid loader with an attached snow broom
to clear the patio ouside Old Main. |
Students walk along the mall outside Pattee Library.
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Mike Lyons, a member of the Office of Physical Plant landscape
crew, shovels the walk outside of Pattee Library and Paterno
Library. |
Jeannie Shawley, a member of the Office of Physical Plant
landscape crew, brushes snow off the steps of Pattee Library
and Paterno Library.
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People at the bus stop on Curtin Road behind Pattee Library
and Paterno Library. |
Students make their way across campus to attend classes, which
were held despite the weather.
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The roads on the University Park campus were plowed early, so
traffic was able to move fairly normally through the intersection
of Burrowes Road and Curtin Road near Rec Hall. |
Students Steve Ilyes, left, and Renee Lampman had some fun while
waiting for the Loop outside Rec Hall. |
The Nittany Lion Shrine in the snow. |
Students make their way toward Old Main. |
A student makes her way down the Old Main mall toward downtown
State College. |
Children appear to be frolicking in the snow, but it's really
"Olympic Wannabees," a statue by Glenna Goodacre,
on the lawn of the Hintz Family Alumni Center. |
University House, part of the Hintz Family Alumni Center. |
The owner of this bicycle decided to use alternate transportation
today. |
Students walk up the mall from the gates at College Avenue and
Allen Street toward Old Main. |